Bake-pan.



L. STEITLER.

BAKE PAN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.15, 1911.

1,021,640. Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

BAKE-PAN.

Specication of Letters Patent.` Applcationled August 15, 1911. Serial No. 644,146.

i bake pans and more particularly to pans for use in baking pies.

One object of the present invention is to provide a bake pan which shall be divided into separate and distinct compartments, the partitions forming said compartments being, preferably, formed integral with the bottom and inclosing wall of the pan.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a bake pan of this character which shall be divided into se arate and distinct compartments, the partltions div-iding said compartments being formed to provide means to facilitate the slicing of the pie.

With the above and other objects in view, which. shall appear as the description progresses, the invention consists in .the con-` struction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanylng drawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein;

. Figure l is a plan view of a bake pan constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section onthe line .2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, parts being broken away.

Referring more pamicularly to the accompanying drawings wherein`like` numerals of reference designate similar parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 designates a pan constructed in accordance with the resentinvention, the same being stamped rom sheet metal or othersuitable material and having a bottom 2'and inclosing wall 3. The bottom 2 is preferably concaved yin cross section and is provided with a plurality of perforations as shown at 4. The inclosing wall 3 inclines u wardly and outwardly from the bottom o the pan and is indented l or grooved upon its upper edge as shown at 5, the grooves or indentatlons being arranged at intervals and spaced at equal dis-4 tances from each other.

For the purpose of dividm the an into compartments, a plurality o partltions or ltitions 6 are identically' constructed and therefore it is thought that a description of one will suffice for all. Each of the partitions comprise vertical side walls 7 which .are formed integral with the bottom of the pan and are beveled upwardly therefrom and toward each other. At their meeting edges and on their upper surface the walls 7 are formed to provide a cutting groove'8, the latter being arranged intermediate the walls and formed with perforations 9. rlhe cutting grooves 84 are coincident with and merge into the indentations 5 formed upon the upper edge of the inclosing wall 3 of the pan thereby. enabling the material within the pan to be cut and divided into equal parts.

The partitions 6 at their meeting edges and centrally of the pan are provided with curved interconnecting portions 10, which latter are formed integral with the walls of the partitions and the bottom of the pan.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

Intermediate the connecting portions .10 of the partitions is formed an enlarged horizontal partition 11,.which latter is perforated and arranged a plane' coincident with the plane of the cutting rooves 8, the partition 11 beingl provided or the purpose of cooperating with the perforations 4 in the bottomof t-he pan in discharging the moisture from the lower crust of the dough.

From this construction it will be `seen that the moisture from the bottom of the dough is first discharged through the openings in the bottom of the pan'thence upwardly and centrally of the pan and-through the perforations in the partition 11 into the atmosphere.

While I have shown a pan divided into four parts, it is to be understood it may be divided into as many constituent compartments as desired.l

From the vabove description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that Athe pie or otherv material being baked may be removed in single sections lwithout disturbing the remaining sections or that .the same may be removed asa whole, as desired.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Pati' ent, is:` Y

A bake pan having a perforated concaved bottom for the discharge of moisture, a p1urality of partitions formed integral with said pan and dividing the same into compartments, portions interconnecting said partitions, and a horizontally arranged 'perforated partition intermediate said connecting portions and coperating with said bot- 10 4tonn in the discharge of mo1sture. In testimony whereoflaix my signature GROVER C. HILL, Bessin' MAE GILLISON. 

